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more about #tboonepickens more comments → GregorMendel: T. Boone was only one of the funding sources. The other biggie was the owner of Perry Homes, a major builder in Texas. Perry also funded tort reform... more » hortense: Well, he has to have something to keep him busy until peewee hockey season kicks up again and he can continue his campaign to destroy Gordon Bombay. more » HiredGoons: Why are Republican men always so jowly? more » resipsaloquacious: T. Boone is Slim Pickens brother, the actor who played Major TJ "King" Kong in Dr. Strangelove. /this is a lie. more » Dr. Nick: am I the only one who thinks his name sounds like some deleted character from Dr. Strangelove? more » Aaron Altman: Aaaand so T. Boone Pickens's wind power obsession was all... quixotic? more » Alaska Miller: Hey, Pareene, this was a shoddy post. You should have hit on: 1. Pickens Plans in Texas was about water rights: [www.treehugger.com] 2. How GM is fuck... more » depardoo: I heard that the land Pickens intended to use for this project was overrun by barking spiders. more » depardoo: The problem with wind energy is that it can be silent but deadly. more » depardoo: This makes for a real ripper of a read. more » depardoo: He simply couldn't cut it. more » kneetoe: I speak for the poors; my daddy worked his whole life at a wind mill. more » BadUncle: Pickens made a lot of money with oil He made even more green mailing money out of oil companies. His hostile bid on Unocal in the 80s caused that comp... more » CaptainFantastic: Dudes become billionaires by cashing checks, not writing them. more » depardoo: He's really passing on a great opportunity. more » -
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Swift Boat Funder Blogging For HuffPo
Here is famous capitalist T. Boone Pickens, blogging for the "GREEN" section of the liberal HuffPo, asking for Congress to subsidize his business ventures even more than they already do, to protect the planet or whatever. More » -
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T. Boone Pickens Gives Up on Wind
It's a sad day for America, and for wind: T. Boone Pickens, the vile old conservative billionaire oilman who somehow sold himself as an important environmentalist last year, is abandoning his giant wind farm plan. More »
